Enter a search term

You are here:

Africa

The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung has been active in Africa since the beginning of its international work in 2000.

Together with its African and German partners, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung seeks to add its voice to discourses and topics on European-African relations in order to contribute to a diverse, up-to-date and informed debate.

Even decades after the end of colonialism, the Global North continues to assert its economic, political and military dominance over the Global South. Subjecting these relations to critical examination, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung believes that any project that seeks to undo past and present structures of power and inequality among people needs to be guided by a sense of historical awareness.

Many Africans are driven to leave their homes due to a widespread lack of political and economic prospects. In many cases, their situation is exacerbated by social hardships, such as famine and environmental catastrophe, and the violent conflicts that emerge as a result. Adding to this is an awareness that neoliberal economic concepts, structural adjustment programmes dictated by foreign donors and the hegemony of the Global North tend to block rather than benefit the independent development of the region. Together with left-wing forces across Africa, the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung’s work attempts to strengthen progressive discourses and develop and implement alternatives.

As part of a broad network spanning political initiatives, research institutions, youth organisations, trade unions, movements and parties, we envision a form of socio-ecological transformation from below rooted in change in the here and now, and pushing for a reconfiguration of both the international division of labour as well as international trade relations.

Our activities focus on:

developing socio-economic and political alternatives and strengthening actors in identifying their own aims and targets

fostering democratic participation from below and advocating for civil rights

The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung maintains offices in North, West, East and South Africa. Their work is complemented by two programme offices focusing on academic cooperation (Tunis) and food sovereignty (Johannesburg).